More IDF comments....Also, when we look a the "big picture", with the chip business in tough times and with a lot of companies hanging on for life, in terms of cash flow and overall financial strength, would not this fact be a positive to RMBS? Meaning, these same companies that WANT TO create a competitive standard to RDRAM can not really commit the resources needed to bring to market an alternative standard?
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September 21, 1998, Issue: 1026
Section: News
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At IDF, Intel offers RDRAM design aid . . .
Palm Springs, Calif. - Rambus Inc. announced at the Intel Developer's Forum here that it will run a formal validation program for Direct Rambus DRAMs (D-RDRAMs) and modules. The effort will be similar to the program Intel launched last year to verify the interoperability of the PC-100 SDRAMs.
Intel, meanwhile, has set up a testing center, called the 505 Electronics Lab, to help computer manufacturers test for the electrical, thermal, and power characteristics of Rambus DRAMs and modules.
Though a year remains before volume demand for D-RDRAMs is expected, concern was expressed at the IDF gathering that financially strapped DRAM makers won't be able to supply enough RDRAMs.
The validation program will seek to ensure compatibility among the RDRAMs expected to come from 14 different memory suppliers and a host of module makers. Srinivas Nimmagadda is director of the Rambus program.
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